Discounts and Funding
Discounts
The following discounts apply to our short (classroom-based) courses. There are no discounts available for our distance learning and online programmes, but there is some help with funding available.
Charity Discount
Get 10% off short course bookings if your organisation is a registered charity.
Not to be used in conjunction with any of our other discount plans.
New Recruit Discount
If at the time you confirm your booking (a) you have been working in a publishing company for six months or fewer and (b) this is your first publishing job, you can get 10% off your short course booking.
Not to be used in conjunction with any of our other discount plans.
Team Discount
Book more than one person from your organisation on the same short course, on the same date, and you can benefit from our team discount plan:
- 10% discount for 2nd and 3rd delegates
- 15% discount for 4th delegate.
All team members must be booked at the same time to qualify.
Training Suite Discount
Our training advisors are always on hand to help create the ideal suite of training for you and your staff. If you are booking more than one course for yourself, or for another individual delegate, and confirming those bookings at the same time, you can benefit from our Training Suite discount:
- 10% discount for 2nd and 3rd booking
- 15% discount for 4th booking (and further bookings).
All bookings must be confirmed at the same time to qualify (no matter what the dates of the individual courses), and the discount is not transferable to other delegates. This discount may be used in conjunction with the Early Booking discount on residential courses, up to a maximum discount of 20%.
Residential Early-Bird Discount
Confirm your booking on any of our residential courses at least 16 weeks before the course start date and you'll qualify for a £250 discount. Residential courses are flagged in the course descriptions with the image shown so you can spot them easily.
Early-Bird Discounts for Other Courses
We will be offering a £100 discount on all courses that are booked and confirmed at least 16 weeks prior to the start of the course. From time to time we will offer alternative early-bird discounts, which will be sent out via our email newsletter, so sign up today and make sure you don't miss out.
Small Business Discount
To help small businesses we offer a standard 10% discount on each short course booking. Small businesses are considered to be those with 20 or fewer employees and which have their own cost centre.
Not to be used in conjunction with any of our other discount plans.
Discount for Freelancers
If you work on a freelance or independent basis, and are funding your training yourself, you can claim a 10% discount on any of our short courses.
Not to be used in conjunction with any of our other discount plans.
Discounts for students, recent graduates who have yet to find work and staff who have been made redundant
The Publishing Training Centre occasionally offers discretionary 50% discounts on public courses to these groups.
Please ask for your discount when you book as discounts cannot be given retrospectively.
Funding
The Unwin Charitable Trust Grant Scheme for Freelancers and Small Publishers
The Unwin Charitable Trust (UCT) has set up a grant scheme to help small companies and freelancers pay for training courses offered by the Publishing Training Centre (PTC). The scheme is administered by PTC.
Grant amount: £150 per person
Eligibility:
- This award is for freelancers and small publishing companies operating in the United Kingdom only.
- Applicants must have been freelancing, or trading as a small publishing company for a minimum of two years.
- Companies must have no more than 10 staff, including part-time and directors, and not be part of a larger or umbrella organisation.
Restrictions:
- To be used on Publishing Training Centre (PTC) short courses only.
- Grants limited to one per individual in a 12 month period, starting 1 November annually. Companies are limited to two grants in the same period, but these cannot be for the same person.
- Grants cannot be allocated once the invoice is raised.
- Unwin Charitable Trust (UCT) grants cannot be used in conjunction with any other grant or assisted funding scheme administered by PTC.
How to apply:
- Make a provisional booking on any PTC short course, at least 21 days before the course starts and request a UCT £150 Grant at the time of booking. PTC staff may question enquirers to ensure that they fulfil the criteria.
- Return the course registration form to PTC as soon as possible, to confirm your place on the course.
- You'll be invoiced for the course fee (incorporating 10% small company or freelance discount) minus the £150 grant, approximately three weeks before the course start.
BTBS The Book Trade Charity
BTBS offers funding to people who have worked in publishing or bookselling but are currently unemployed. Call freephone 0808 100 2304.
Young Peoples Learning Agency (YPLA) Professional and Career Development Loans
Professional and Career Development Loans are bank loans that can be used to help pay for work related learning. You can borrow between £300 and £10,000 to help support the cost of up to two years of learning (or three years if it includes one year’s relevant unpaid practical work). The Young People’s Learning Agency will pay the interest on the loan while you are learning and for one month afterwards. The loan can be used to pay course fees or other costs such as travel and living expenses. You can also use the loan to supplement other forms of support such as grants or bursaries. Because the Professional and Career Development Loan is a commercial loan product, they should only be considered as an option once all other student funding options have been investigated. For further information on financial assistance to support your learning, please visit www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning or contact Careers Advice on 0800 100 900. Our learning provider registration number is: 6737.
Government information on financial assistance
For information on financial assistance to support your learning, please visit www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning or contact 0800 100 900.
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